Krebs, Carl August

1804-1880

Head of a very musical family. Showed signs of great talent from his earliest childhood. His father and mother were theatrical people of Nuremberg, where he was born, and bore the name, Miedcke. He took the name Krebs from a Stuttgart singer, who adopted him after his mother's death. He studied w 'i Schelble first, and later with Seyfried at Vienna. He was able to play the concertos of Mozart and Dussek when only six years old, and when he was seven wrote an opera, Fepdore, some parts of which were published. In 1827 he became conductor of the theatre at Hamburg, a position he filled successfully for twenty-three years. Then he was made Court conductor at Dresden, remaining in that office until 1871, when he was given the place of conductor in the Catholic Court Chapel. He composed along several different lines, his works including masses; the operas, Silva, and Agnes Bernauer; a Te Deum; orchestra and piano-pieces; and songs. He married a famous opera singer, Aloysia Michalesi, and their daughter, Marie, made an international reputation as a pianist.